<p>Hows this for extremism? Words of Katherine Harris, Congresswoman and quite possibly to be the Republican nominee for US SENATE!! THIS IS SCARY.
Separation of church and state is “a lie we have been told,” Harris said in the interview, published Thursday, saying separating religion and politics is “wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers.”
Electing non-Christians allows ‘legislating sin’
“If you’re not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin,” Harris said.
Shes ahead in the polls, thanks to her Christian (?) supporters. Nice to know what they think of non-Christians- not worthy to serve in government? Does anyone else think this is reeeeaaaally scary?</p>
<p>Actually if you read the article, it is obvious this is a last ditch desperate effort:</p>
<p>“State GOP leaders – including Gov. Jeb Bush – don’t think she can win against Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in November. Fundraising has lagged, frustrated campaign workers have defected in droves and the issues have been overshadowed by news of her dealings with a corrupt defense contractor who gave her $32,000 in illegal campaign contributions.”</p>
<p>She tried to “fix” her gaff, but it was no gaff…I really think it is what she believes…If it was just FLorida, they can have her, but its the rest of the country that needs to be very afraid</p>
<p>Yeah she’s trying to pry votes away from her My-Daddy-Owns-Christian-Broadcasting opponent Will McBride.
As a member of the GOP, I am frustrated at the party being taken over by the religious right. Im sick of pro-life being such an issue in every election. A candidate who doesnt regurgitate the fundamentalist Keep Terry Schiavo Alive line cant get the nomination. And shes gonna get clobbered in the general election if she gets the nomination. Where is everyones head at?
Sorry about the rant.</p>
<p>I’m not sure which is worse–that she really believes it or that, as Motherdear asserts, she’s saying it just to get votes. (Well, the worst, i guess, is if it really does get votes.:eek:)</p>
<p>She has been able to raise a lot of money because of past connections, but, no one that I know has taken her seriously for years. She has had a lot of negative press in the past 3-4 years, isn’t slightly desirable. I personally find her ridiculous, and appalling. I actually don’t know of anyone who likes this weird woman. </p>
<p>We like Leroy Collins, but only because we have known him personally for years, and are in sync with him. I would never admit it to his face but he just doesn’t have “something” necessary to be a strong senator. Bill McBride has a far better chance obviously. Rumor is that Karl Rove desperately wants him to beat Harris. </p>
<p>I seriously doubt any of them can beat Bill Nelson, but, McBride has a better shot than any of them. But if Nelson is reelected, that still works - his votes work for me often enough to make it o.k., and so if he wins again I won’t be too upset.</p>
<p>It wasn’t God but Katherine Harris herself who chose GWB. She played a huge role in handing the Florida vote and hence the presidency to Bush in 2000. I wish she had left it up to God.</p>
<p>Katherine Harris is the living example of “no good deed goes unpunished.” </p>
<p>Although she stole the presidential election for Bush, the GOP has turned their back on her big time (not that she doesn’t deserve it - she’s a certifiable loon). </p>
<p>But, I bet they wouldn’t have treated one of their big boys that way.</p>
<p>I totally agree that she’s an absolutely certifiable loon. But I am VERY glad though to have GWB in the WH, though I don’t credit Harris for it - if you read election law closely, she did follow the law. It may have been one of the only things she ever did correctly.</p>
<p>So she has her opinions: if she’s nominated people either will or won’t vote for her. Are you trying to say people are not allowed to support her? I’m sure plenty of wackos have either not gotten their party’s nomination, or got it and lost. I fail to see what’s so scary–that she may win? If so, isn’t that just our political process playing itself out? Do you believe you have the right to prevent certain kinds of people from running for office?</p>
<p>I believe that if people follow the rule of law, including consitutional protections, anyone is free to run for office and win, or lose.</p>
<p>These dominionists have a different agenda though, and don’t believe that constitutional law should be the law of the land. </p>
<p>In these cases, the person’s opinions are not just opinions, but intended to affect public policy. They simply don’t belong in public office, but are welcome to run for the church board.</p>
<p>what i find interesting is that if some people think if you wonder about the qualifications of someone- by what they say, do, how those working for them react, that we are saying that person shouldn’t run…and that is not what we re saying at all</p>
<p>of course she has every right to run, no matter how stupid, what a bad leader she is, no matter how many of her campaign staff leave, no matter how awful she runs her campaign, no that she is running to represent the constitution, something she doesn’t believe in</p>
<p>good thing we HAVE a constitution that allows her to run, even though she would rather a theocracy, even though she didn’t use that word</p>
<p>As you suspect, democracy has not quite caught on here on cc. </p>
<p>I would hate to see Floridians elect someone who believed that non-Christians cannot legislate well–or left handed people, if that is in fact a policy opinion. That said, I believe that the citizens of Florida are entitled to express their will as they see fit in a democracy. </p>
<p>If a radical of some sort is elected to office (it’s happened), we in the US are blessed with checks on radical extremism–upwind and down. These checks are often lamented, as is democracy, by those who know what is best for the rest of us: as above.</p>